The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-05-26
PRESS ASSOCln -.5N
Royalty Entertained at Fort
Worth, and
SELECTS DALLAS AS THE
PLACE OF MEETING
NEXT MAY.
Eighty Editor will Visit Dallas
To-MOrrOw Under Escort
of Col. McCargar.

this week. There were about l25
editors and publishers in attendance,
embracing perhaps the youngest in
the State, Burke Of Nacogdoches, the
oldest town, TO the oldest editor in
Texas, the venerable Hamilton Stew
art. estate Press" Of the Galveston
News. There were young men and
old men, middle-aged men and fair
ladies-altogether a collection OF pen
Gil showers intelligent, well-appearing
and far above the average of other
States in their vim and enterprise
contributed to the motive power for
the car of Texas Progress.
The Association was called to order
by Vice President VIM. Ferguson, OF
the San Antonio Times, acting pres
ident in place of Hon. l.. l.. Foster,
late of the HERALD, now State com
missioner of insurance. Mr. Fer
guson was Immediately elected pres
idcnt. and discharged the duties to the
end of tina. term, when hearty APP
proval and appreciation was mani
tested in q reelection.
The sessions of the Association
were devoted to business and the dis
cussion of measures in which they
are much interested. There was in
The report of editor johnson, of the
committee to look after an amendment
of the libel law, all air of discourage
ment as well as disgust. He thought
his mission to Austin would JUS
tify him in saying that the "furthcr
away from the Legislature newspa-
per man kept himself the better it
would be tor them" He preferred
to 90 direct to the people, and ask an
investigation of the unjust libel law
and modification so that at least the
truth of the publication might be
proved in justification.
The law which allows advertisement
of forced sales by posting two or three
notices in out-of-the-way places also
came ND for discussion. A rcsolu-
ton by Judge Davis was referred to a
committee of Gilbert, Miller and Whit
lev. who made a report which was
substantially call on each publisher
to oollate from his county records data
of actual occurrences wherein this
means of insufficient advertising had
prevented competition at sales under
execution and judgment, anC report
the same TO the committee at the next
regular meeting to be presented to the
legislature. This will be the strong
est possible argument for change in
this law. The purpose of this require
ment that notice of forced sales, made
possibly before there were any news
papers in Texas, is to make public the
fact of the sale. that the unfortunate
owner Of The properly to be sacrificed
under the hammer should have the
benefit of that competition which
would secure something near a fair
price for his land or goods.
The law as il stands is very partial
and operates to the advantage of the
money lender or creditor in that II
forces the safe to pay the debt, but
does not protect the debtor from the
pro fessional speculator who is oft the
money lender and who oft causes to
be torn down from the court house
door the notice which weak law de.
signed to invite competition at the
sale.
These associations and their annual
meetings are not expected to do very
much in the way of practical business
their main purpose being moro for
recreation, pleasure and the advantage
to be derived from personal acquain-
lance. friendly intercourse, and inter-
change of experiences aad opinions
Yet there is a hope now that the aw-
full truths of the operation of this
very unjust legal sale law may be
brought to the attention of the public
in a way which viii be advantage to
unfortunate business men and Wild
ows and orphans VINO have been tho
sufferers.
The hospitality of Fort Worth was
princely, unbounded. The Fort never
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